Recent Books (available through book stores and on line at www.barnesandnoble.com)
The Art of Parenting Twins - the Unique Joys and Challenges of Rearing Twins and Other Multiples by Patricia Maxwell Malmstrom and Janet Poland. Ballantine Publishing Group. $14.00/ 325 pages. June 1999. This is a down-to-earth, comprehensive guide for parents and expectant parents and their care givers which includes the latest research on special health concerns, and the mental, physical and social development of multiples from conception to adulthood. It is filled with information and strategies to help parents understand and enjoy the unique aspects of twin care from nurturing the pregnancy to bonding with more than one baby to finding community resources. Author, Pat Malmstrom, Founder and President of Twin Services, has filled this wonderful resource with the wit and wisdom of the thousands of parents who have used Twin Services’ programs since its beginnings.
When You're Expecting Twins, Triplets, or Quads by Barbara Luke and Tamara Eberlein. Harper Collins. $12.95/279 pages. Spring 1999. Dr. Luke, a professor of obstetrics at the University of Michigan, has produced an invaluable guide for expectant parents of multiples based upon her clinical program which, when followed, significantly reduces the complications of twin pregnancy.
Entwined Lives: Twins and What They Tell Us About Human Behavior by Nancy L. Segal. E.P. Dutton. $27.95/ 396 pages. April 1999. This fascinating book is a comprehensive survey of twin research filled with entertaining anecdotes. This is a definitive guide for twins, their families, and anyone curious about the phenomenon of twinning. Dr. Segal, a twin herself, directs the Twins Study Center at CA State University, Fullerton.
An Atlas of Multiple Pregnancy, Biology and Pathology by Geoffrey A. Machin and Louis Keith. Parthenon Publishing Group. Color illustrated . Tall format. $139.95/216 pages. February 1999. Geoffrey Machin, M.D., Ph.D., fetal pathologist for the Northern California Region of Kaiser Permanente and Louis Keith, M.D., professor of obstetrics at Northwestern University and President of the Center for the Study of Multiple Birth have produced an outstanding clinical resource and reference. This is an invaluable, unique guide for clinicians on the management of multiple pregnancy and the diagnosis of zygosity. It is also a readable, informative guide for parents and multiples seeking to improve their understanding of their origins. Clinical illustrations are gathered together in sequence so that they may easily be avoided by the squeamish.
Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation & Perinatal Outcome edited by Louis Keith, Emile Papiernik, Donald Keith and Barbara Luke. Parthenon Publishing Group. 696 pages. 1995. An informative compendium of some of the latest research on multiple pregnancy and management by scientists from around the world.
Twin Research Official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies. Published quarterly by Stockton Press. Inaugurated June 1999. Subscription Department, Macmillan Press Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, UK. Toll free number in U.S.: 800-747-3187. Web address: http://www.stocktonpress.co.uk International content covering broad spectrum.
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